Non-refillable bottle.



R. ROSADA.

NON-BEPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 1912.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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ROGER ROSADA, 0F GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA.

NON-REFILLABLE BQTTLE.

Application filed liovember 36, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Room: Rosana, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at Guatemala city, Guatemala, Central America, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to bottles that are constructed with a view to pr eluding refilling thereof without the fact being evident; and it consists in the bottle, hereinafter described and claimed, which though simple and susceptible of being economically manufactured, is highly eflicient for the purpose stated and is also compact and finished in appearance.

In the accompanying drawings which are hereby made a part hereof: Figure 1 is a View, partly in elevation and partly in section showing my complete improvement. Fig. 2 is a diametrical section of the collar comprised in the improvement. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. i is a view showing the plug in diametrical section and the valve and closure device in elevation; said View being taken from a view point at the side of the neck opposite to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the plug and the pring-pressed fastener, with the plug in the same position as in Fig. 41.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The body 1 of the bottle may be of any shape and construction without aflecting my invention. The bottle neck 2, however, is peculiar in that it has two opposite and terior flat sides 3 and in that it has an interior thread 41. From this it follows that the bottle and neck thereon may be quickly and easily produced. The neck 2 is also provided at 5 with an exterior ledge, but this does not materially increase the cost of the body and neck.

6 is the collar of my improved bottle which may be and preferably is of the same material as the body 1 and neck 2. The said collar is designed to surround the upper portion of the neck 2 and rest on the ledge 5, and is also designed to be permanently aflixed to the neck 2 by suitable cement. Interiorly the lower portion of the collar 6 is provided with opposite fiat surfaces 7 which are opposed to the flat surfaces 3 of the neck, and hence efiectually prevent turning of the collar about the neck. It

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1,1913.

Serial No. 734,288.

will also be noted that on its upper edge the collar 6 is provided with a series of beveled teeth 8, and that interiorly the collar 6 is further provided with a groove 9, disposed at the same side of the collar as the series of teeth 8, and open at its upper end 10 and merging at its lower end in a seat 11.

12 is the cylindrical plug of the novel bottle. The said plug is preferably of celluloid, though it may be made of any other mate rial consonant with its use, without affecting my invention. It is exteriorly threaded at 13 to engage the interior thread 4 of the neck 2, is provided with an upper plane portion 14: and a top flange 15, and is vertically grooved at 16 in the plane portion 141. It will also be understood that tie plug 12 is provided with a tortuous passage 17 for the outflow of liquid, and that said passage 17 communicates at its lower end with a chamber 18 formed in the lower end portion of the plug. In the wall of the chamber 18 are vertical grooves 19 for the passage of liquid, and at 20 is a gravitating valve, preferably of hard rubber, disposed in the chamber 18 and having a rounded lower end and a toothed upper end, the in terdental spaces of said upper end being designed to permit the free passage of liquid to the passage 17 when the bottle is inverted or inclined with the neck downward. In order to render it light, the valve is preferably made with a chamber 21 therein, which chamber 21 is open at its upper end. After the valve 20 is properly placed in the plug chamber 18, a washer 22 of any suitable material is connected by cement or other suitable means to the lower end of the plug 12, which also contributes to the cheapness of the bottle. The said washer 22 is provided with a central opening 23, the wall of which is beveled or concaved in order to form a seat for the valve 20, when the bottle is in upri ht position with the neck uppermost. W hen the bottle is inverted or inclined with the neck downward, the valve 20 gravitates away from its seat, and then liquid can freely flow through the aperture 23 of washer 22, and then through the grooves 19 and the interdental spaces of the valve to the passage 17. At its upper end the passage 17 is threaded, to receive a removable threaded plug 24 by which the bottle can be hermetically sealer when the same is deemed necessary. I do not, however, confine myself to the use of the thread mentioned or the plug 24;.

1 against the under side of the flange 15, is a- Connected at 25 to the under side of the plug flange 15 is a spring strip 26 that is slightly spaced from the said under side, and is provided on its free portion with a detent 27. This latter is designed when the threaded plug is turned in the threaded neck to ride over the teeth 8 of the collar 6, and thereby prevent retrograde movement of the plug until the turning thereof into the neck is completed. Moreover the detent 27 when seated in one of the spaces between teeth 8, is calculated to assist in preventing screwing of the plug 12 out of the neck 2.

Surrounding the plane upper portion 14: of the plug 12, and bearing at its upper end coiled spring 80 which loosely surrounds said plane portion so that its convolutions can move toward and from each other. At its lower end the spring 30 is provided with a catch 81, disposed and movable vertically in and projecting radially from the groove 16 of the plug.

' In the practical use of my improved construction, the bottle is filled with liquid through the neck 2, and then the collar 6 is placed on the neck of the bottle, after which the plug 12 is introduced through the collar and is screwed home in the neck. Incidental to said operation, the detent 27 serves the purpose stated in combination with the collar teeth 8, while the catch 31 passes down the groove 9 in the collar, and then when the plug is fully inserted and the catch 31 has arrived above the seat 11, the spring 30 forces the catch down into the seat 11, and thereby automatically and strongly locks the screw plug in the collar 6 and against withdrawal from the neck 2.

The valve 20 and the tortuouscharacter of the passage 17 render it practically impossible to refill the bottle, and to remove said valve 20 and the plug 12, it is first necessary to break the collar 6 which cannot be done without rendering the bottle incomplete and making patent to the most casual observer the fact that the bottle has been refilled.

In the connection just mentioned I would have it understood that when desired, the collar 6 may be formed integral with the bottle neck. In such event when the collar 6 is broken at its weakened point 40, the bottle as a whole is rendered useless. When, however, the construction herein shown is employed, the bottle equipped as described may be used more than once by simply providing a new collar 6 in lieu of the broken one.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. The combination of an interiorly threaded bottle neck, a collar fixed against turning about said neck and extending above Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents 2 the same and having-an interior inclined of the collar, and a spring strip connected with and spaced from the under side of the plug flange and having a detent arranged to ride over and seat between the plug teeth.

2. The combination of an interiorly threaded bottle neck, a collar fixed against turning about said neck and extending above the same and having an interior inclined groove and a seat depending therefrom, an exteriorly threaded plug arranged in and engaging the thread of the neck and having a tortuous passage for liquid and also hav ing a flange on its upper side and an upright groove in its side below said flange, a coiled spring surrounding the upper portion of the plug and bearing against the underside of the flange thereof, and a catch carried by said spring and disposed in the said groove of the plug and also disposed in the said seat of the collar. 7

3. The combination of an interiorly threaded bottle neck having fiat portions on its outer side extending downward from its mouth, a collar arranged on said neck and having a weakened portion and interior fiattened portions opposedto the said flattened portions of the neck and also having an interior inclined groove and a seat depending therefrom, and further having beveled teeth on its upper edge, an exteriorly threaded plug arranged in and engaging the thread of the neck and having a tortuous passage for liquid, and further having a flange on its upper portion and an upright groove in its side below said flange, a coiled springsurrounding the upper portion of the plug and bearing against the under side of the flange thereof, a catch carried by said spring and disposed in the said groove of the plug and also disposed in the saidv seat of the collar, and a spring'strip connected to the underside of the plug flange and having a detent adapted to engage the teeth of the neck.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

ROGER ROSADA. Witnesses:

JOHN L. FILIU, E. O. KELLY.

Washington, D. C. 

